Vocal Points

I usually start off my newsletter saying how great the previous week’s meeting was, and that I hope everyone else enjoyed it as much as I did… I’ll have to think of a different opening this time… Unfortunately last week we had a perfect storm of audio issues, internet issues, and illness issues combine to […]

It’s a late one and a short one this week as I am barely functioning – this stupid bug will not go away! I hope everyone had a good time at the party/quiz last week – based on the comments at the time (and since) it certainly seems that they did. Huge thanks to everyone

Happy New Year to all BPS members – I hope everyone had a relaxing break over the Christmas period, and that at least some of you escaped the horrible lurgies that seem to have been doing the rounds (I didn’t). A new year is a great time to kick off a new photographic project, whether it’s

So here it is, Merry Christmas… Now that I’ve got that song stuck in your head (if it wasn’t already), I’ll add a few notes about last Tuesday’s meeting. The early session from David was another very well attended one, and I’m sure was very valuable  and appreciated. Unfortunately I was not able to take

I hope everyone enjoyed last Tuesday’s sessions as much as I did. The evening started off with Jenny’s session on creative photography, which was very well received and hopefully inspired a few of you to try something new. The main session from Steve Rabone was truly superb – great images, great narrative, and the way that

A fun evening last week with the knockout competition, and many congratulations to the winner, Julie Hall! A couple of things I found fascinating – firstly, that the two halves of the hall consistently voted slightly differently (does sitting near a radiator make you prefer cooler pictures?), and secondly that the voting on very many

Another great competition night at BPS last week – some fantastic images in all categories. We don’t make things easy for our judges! Many thanks to Den for making sure everything ran smoothly. Coming up this Tuesday we have another competition, but this time, WE are the judges. The mobile phone knockout competition is always

Everyone seemed to enjoy our “something different” pre-recorded lecture from David DuChemin last Tuesday. He’s an interesting guy! I hope I didn’t bore too many people with my “Everything I know about flash” early session. Coming up this Tuesday we have the second print competition of the year, featuring Color and Mono sections, judged by

Another brilliant week at BPS last Tuesday, featuring all home-grown talent. First off, we had Sheila and Jenny talking about printing, especially about how the choice of paper and proper use of calibration profiles can affect the results. I hope everyone learned something from it. I see that Permajet have sent around some information about upcoming

Another excellent week at BPS just gone, starting with our early session on Astrophotography from  Andy Taylor. Andy did a great job of demystifying this subject, telling us all what can be achieved without specialist equipment (and also what a little bit of specialist equipment can add). All that was missing was instructions on how